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Category Archives: Neoconservatives
PBS: Bill Kristol’s Son-in-law Denounces “Alt-right” Nobodies Because They “Believe in Hierarchies”
Steve Sailer writes: … Continetti, like all respectable conservatives, hates the very idea of hierarchies. Look at how Continetti’s father-in-law, William Kristol, came up the hard way from the ground up without a privilege in the world, what with being … Continue reading
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The Neocons Have Gone From GOP Thought-Leaders to Outcasts
Jonathan Chait writes: On February 29, Max Boot, a neoconservative columnist and then a foreign-policy adviser to Marco Rubio, wrote that if Donald Trump were to win his party’s nomination, it would “confirm everything bad that Democrats have ever said … Continue reading
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Michael Weiss, the Neocon’s Neocon
Anatoly Karlin writes: In terms of content, the Weisses of this world are a dime a dozen. So why “expose” yet another neocon propagandist? Because he is also very nasty, and very dangerous – as Richard Silverstein’s comprehensive profile of … Continue reading
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Neo-Con Experts to Obama: Here Is What to Do in Syria
As the Twitter user #thelatempire notes: “Syria war has been the most globally destabilizing event since 9/11.” So who pushed for this disaster? Weekly Standard 8/27/13: Dear Mr. President: Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has once again violated your red line, … Continue reading
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@thelateempire: ‘Syria war has been the most globally destabilizing event since 9/11’
Who was behind the push to destabilize Syria? People like Yossi Klein Halevi who wrote in the Los Angeles Times April 15, 2003: Next, Turn the Screws on Syria The anti-terror effort must go on. Pressure all the jihadist regimes. … Continue reading
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Ross Douthat Sanitizes Alt-Right Ideas For His New York Times Column
Richard Spencer tweets: * For a long time, Douthat has been lifting, and sanitizing, #altright, HBD, and paleo ideas for his columns. * Buckley didn’t capture the conservatives for neos. He created a terrible movement, which was taken over partially … Continue reading
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WSJ editor: Trump needs to be destroyed in the November election to teach GOP voters a lesson
NEWS: Appearing on CNN, an opinion page editor from the Wall Street Journal left no doubt how he feels about presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying not only will he not vote for him, but that Trump needs to … Continue reading
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Trump leaving neocons in dust
Comment: “The neocons are desperately trying to get a spy/saboteur into the Trump camp as a wrecking move. Rice, Rubio – whoever – it’s all crap. There’s two ways to be pro-Israel, one is indirect by making nation states the … Continue reading
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Trumpkins & The Jews
Jennifer Rubin blogs at the Washington Post: To some degree Trump’s problem with Jewish voters is not unlike his problem with women, Hispanics, African Americans, college-educated voters and the chunk of the GOP that voted for other candidates. Many voters, … Continue reading
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Only one man can heal Donald Trump’s rift with the neocons
Neo-cons is code for Jews. This essay is based on the premise that Donald Trump needs to appease the Jews. Jacob Heilbrun writes: As potential vice president, ultra-hawkish Marco Rubio could cool down the Republican party’s bitter enmities. A few … Continue reading
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